Reed-organ pipe



W. G. JEFFREY.

REED ORGAN PIPE.

APPLICATION nuw JUN.E8, 1920.

Patented Nov. 23, 1920.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

REED-ORGAN PIPE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. M),

Application filed June 8, 1920. Serial No. 387,372.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM a citizen of the United States, residing atReading, in'the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts,have'invented new and useful Improvements in Reed-Organ Pipes, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to that portion of a reed organ pipe known as theblock, and interposed between the usual fixed socket, forming a portionof the boot, and the usual resonant pipe above the boot, constituting aportion of the resonator, the block being adapted to hold the usualeschalot and the tuning wire cooperating with the reed of the eschalot.

The object of the invention is to provide a block of improvedconstruction, whereby the cost of manufacture is decreased and thestrength, durability and effectiveness of the block are increased ascompared with the construction heretofore employed, my improved blockconstituting in one piece the usual eschalot holder and a portion of theresonator.

The invention is embodied in the improvements which I will now proceedto describe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification,-

Figure 1 is a side elevation, showing a block embodying the invention,the usual eschalot and tuning wire, a portion of the fixed socket, and aportion of the resonant pipe, the socket and a portion of the resonantpipe being shown in section.

Fig. 2 is an elevation showing the same parts, andtaken from a differentpoint, the fixed socket being omitted.

Fig. 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Fig. l, the fixed socket beingomitted.

Fig. 4 is a bottom plan view of the structure shown by Figs. 1 and 2.

Fig. 5 is a section on line 5-5 of Fig. 2, looking upward.

Fig. 6 is a section on line 6-6 of Fig. 3, the eschalot and resonantpipe being omitted.

Fig. 7 is a section on line 7-7 of Fig. 2, omitting the eschalot and theresonant pipe.

Fig. 8 is a section on line 88 of Fig. 2, looking downward.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all of thefigures.

In the drawings, 12 represents the usual G. JEFFREY,

fixed socket constituting a portion of the boot of a reed organ pipe,and 13 represents the usual resonant pipe in alinement with the socket12, and spaced above the same, said pipe constituting a portion of theresonator.

In carrying out my invention, I provide as a connection between thesocket 12 and pipe 13, a one'pieceblock cast in a mold from a suitablemetallic alloy, said block being longitudinally elongated to occupy thespace resonant pipe 13, and an enlarged intermediate portion 26, havinga lower annular shoulder 18, formed to be seated 011 the up per end ofthe socket, and an upper annular shoulder 29, formed as a seat for thelower end of the resonant pipe 1.3. The bore portion 15 is so taperedthat its larger end is within the resonant pipe 13.

The intermediate portion 26 is reduced at one side between the shoulders18 and 29 to form a recess 27, receiving the handle portion of the usualtuning-wire 21. Said recess has an inclined face separated from thetapered bore portion by a relatively thin wall, while the remainder ofthe intermediate portion, indicated by the reference numeral 28, inFigs. 3 and 8, is relatively thick, to impart adequate strength andresistance to strains tending to bend the elongated block. Theintermediate and upper end portions 26 and 30 constitute portions of aresonator which is completed by the res onant pipe 13.

The eschalot 19 is held in the bore portion 14, as usual, by awedge-shaped key 24, inserted in a key-way or slot 23. The tuning-wirepasses, as usual, through a guide 20 in the block.

When the resonant pipe 13 is made of metal, it may be held in engagementwith the upper end portion of the block wholly by friction. \Vhen thepipe 13 is made of metal, it may be additionally secured by solder. Theconstruction described, how ever, permits the employment of a resonantpipe 13, made of non-metallic material, such as vulcanized fiber, inwhich case the pipe 13 is secured without the use of solder.

The one-piece block constituting a portion of the resonator, provides astrong, durable and effective connection between the socket 12 and thepipe 13, and reduces to a minimum the time and labor involved inconstructing the said connection, without impairing or affecting thetone.

Owing to the fact that the portions 1?, 2-6 and 30 constituting myimproved block are cast as one piece in a suitable mold, absoluteuniformity 01": the form of all of the blocks made in a given mold isinsured, al liability of imperfect formation of any block, due tocarelessness oi": workmanship, being eliminated.

I claim In a reed organ pipe which includes a boot and a resonator; aone-piece elongated block having a longitudinal bore, and composed of alower end portion formed to hold an eschalot, and adapted to enter theupper end of a socket, a cylindrical upper end portion formed to enterthe lower end of a resonant pipe, and an enlarged intermediate portionhaving a lower annular shoulder formed to be seated on the upper end ofthe socket,

and an upper annular shoulder formed as a seat for the lower end of theresonant pipe; the said upper end and intermediate portions and theresonant pipe constituting the resonator; the said bore being taperedwithin the intermediate and upper end portions, so that its larger endis within the resonant pipe; the intermediate portion being reduced atone side between said shoulders, to form a tuning-wire-receiving recess,separated from the tapered bore portion by a relatively thin wall; whilethe remainder of the in termediate portion is relatively thick, toimpart adequate strength.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature.

WILLIAM G. JEFF RE Y.

